Minutes

Minutes
of the Previous Meeting were approved and signed.

Jerusalem
Stories Performance Exhibit Dialogues

Randi presented details of the above – a
dialogue of Arab and Jewish stories. They are interested in presenting at
Yedidya, without charge, and will allow Yedidya to use the event as a
fund-raiser if we wish.. The Vaad asked for more details although interest in
general was expressed and the period of the "three weeks" was thought
suitable. Randi will circulate the e-mail she received, for further comments.

Personnel
Committee

The committee is in the process of
terminating the employment of the present cleaner. We are, therefore, seeking a
replacement.

Gabbaim

Michael Stahl has agreed to join the
Vaad, as representative of the new Gabbaim.

Michael asked that the issue of throwing
candy at Bar-mitzvahs be discussed by the Vaad. It was decided that:

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an announcement be made that children not aim deliberately
at the celebrant;

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the families be asked to cut down on the amount (2 kg
instead of 5 kg);

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the candy be soft.

Membership
Forms

These will be printed soon, after the
Finance Committee meets, tomorrow, to discuss dues for the upcoming year. Artur
Frajnd will be asked to handle requests for hanachot.

Summer
Schedule

Penina will be out of action mid-July
through Rosh Hashana. Philip will be away 28.06 – 09.07. Eudice will be
handling the events calendar during his absence.

For the future we need to plan divrei
Torah/shiurim for s'lichot, Shabbat Shuva, Kol Nidrei and Tisha B'Av. Miriam
Fine agreed to ask Moshe Halbertal to give the shiur on Tisha B'Av. If he
cannot do it Donna agreed to ask Rabbi Dannie Landes.

Eti and Kobi will be updated about
speakers.

Suggested that David Bernstein would be
an appropriate person to speak at some future event. MDA is interested in
having another blood-drive at Yedidya, date to be decided.

Bulletin-Board

Since all kinds of material have
appeared on the board, without any control, the Vaad decided that the following
rules will apply:

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the board will be used for Yedidya matters and related
community notifications only;

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members are asked not to put up private notices,
commercial or otherwise;

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the Vaad, or its designated representative, reserve the
right to remove any notices deemed inappropriate.

Warren will be asked to post this on
Yediot for all the members. Philip will send him the wording.

The Vaad recognizes the need for a
bulletin board outside the building.

Neil pointed out that there is a need to
control the placing of leaflets upstairs. Any fliers should be placed on the
small shelf downstairs at the entrance, at least until the donor book is placed
there.

Deot
Yedidya

Bruce Rosen joined the meeting for this
discussion.

Steven Edell and Bruce Rosen will begin
their work as moderators of Deot on July 1st. Bruce presented the
following policy guidelines:

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Deot should contribute to community strength;

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It should be forward-looking;

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It should be concerned with policy, and not be personal;

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It should be Yedidya specific.

Arising from these guidelines, which
were accepted, the following comments were made:

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should questions or comments about specific activities
appear on Deot or be addressed directly to the initiators of the activities?

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all material can be suitable for Deot except personal
matters;

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all legitimate criticism is in order and opens up issues;

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nothing which is divisive or causes pain should be
published;

-
the guidelines are appropriate and all issues should be
left to the moderator's discretion;

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are past policies available? Is Deot a forum for
initiating discussion by the Vaad?

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are people afraid of articulating views on paper? Do only
the "eloquent" members write?

-
the moderators need to distinguish between style and
substance, to protect what is legitimate to say;

-
should there be a third moderator (Noomi Stahl's name was
suggested);

-
since we are not publishing a magazine it would not be
right to edit;

-
the moderators want to start with positive material;

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Randi will prepare a notice for Yediot/Deot advising
members of the changeover and a temporary hiatus until July 1st. Any
material to hand now will then be dealt with.

Childrens'
Activities

Donna reported that children in the 7 –
13 age group want to paint the downstairs room and add some furniture to make
it more moadon-like. All were in favour of the painting on condition that it be
done aesthetically, after consultation with Debbie Kalker. There is very little
room for furniture because of the need for flexible use, although a few
easy-to-move pieces would be ok.

Tikun
Olam Practices

Daniel Rohrlich and Debbie Greiniman are
interested in working on Tikun Olam programmes at Yedidya, programmes that
impinge on people. Agreed that they will bring suggestions to the Vaad, with a
view to initiating a series of community discussion meetings.

Shavuot

Issues raised:

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who will open and close?

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Why no children's activity? Randi will check with the
children's coordinators/madrichim.

-
Learning until 02:00 is this year's programme, not
necessarily to be seen as a new policy for the future. The option of continuing
with independent study until the hashkama minyan at the Tayelet, will be
offered to members.

-
Neil to consult with Kleins about decorating the Shul.

Shmita
Year

Questions will be passed on to the
Halacha committee.

Building
Project Manager

We have received a bill for 25,000 NIS +
VAT + interest and linkage, from an engineer who claims he worked for us in the
year 2000. The material has been passed on to our legal advisor.